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MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.MCBSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Atlanta-based bank serving Korean-American and other immigrant communities, with SBA and mortgage lending across several states.

Momentum strong 68
Mkt cap
$1.04B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
79%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.26M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.78×
price to book
ROE
16.9%
delivered
Implied ROE
12.2%
what the price asks
Next earnings
80 days
25 Jan 2027
Close · USD$36.05
1D-0.1%
1W+0.5%
1M+4.0%
3M+1.8%
6M+10.2%
YTD+35.8%
1Y+37.5%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.38
52w lowhigh3.8% off high

What MetroCity Bankshares does

Atlanta-based bank serving Korean-American and other immigrant communities, with SBA and mortgage lending across several states.

Earns mostly from the spread between loan interest and deposit costs, with extra income from selling the government-guaranteed part of SBA loans (small-business loans backed by the US Small Business Administration) to investors. Its branches and borrowers cluster in Korean-American and other Asian-American business communities in several metro areas.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • SBA lending
  • Mortgage banking

Customers

  • Korean-American and other immigrant-owned business

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Immigrant-community banking

What could go right

  • Multi-state immigrant-community banking expansion

What could go wrong

  • Geographic/community concentration risk
  • Net interest margin compression

Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Deep trust and multi-state branch presence within Korean-American business communities.

Headquarters: Doraville, Georgia, US · Founded: 2006 · Employees: 317

Named competitors

MetroCity Bankshares at a glance

Size MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.04B, the 2224th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $36.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.2%, against +7.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 24.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.8%); the operating margin is 61.2% (peer median 35.6%).

Valuation It trades at 1.78× book value against a peer median of 1.17× (most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.2%; MetroCity Bankshares delivers 16.9%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MCBS 114Peer median 110
Six months, rebased to 100: MetroCity Bankshares against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

MetroCity Bankshares financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$296M$246M$236M$211M$166M
Revenue growth—+4%+12%+27%—
Net income$87.1M$68.5M$64.5M$51.6M$62.6M
Free cash flown/a$37.0M$59.3M$73.9M$33.3M
Capital expendituren/a$674,000$1.29M$4.93M$10.4M
Total debt$388M$525M$383M$334M$384M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

MetroCity Bankshares competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%BFSTEGBNMBWM6190CCNESBSIEQBK7322NBNUVSPCPFHAFCAKTIA718486008393MCBS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. MetroCity Bankshares is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%10×1.50×BFSTFRBTEGBNMBWM6190CCNESBSIHBNCEQBK7322NBNFSBCUVSPCPFAKTIA71848600HFWA8393MCBSReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. MetroCity Bankshares is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%BFSTEGBNMBWM6190CCNESBSIHBNC7322NBNFSBCUVSPCPFAKTIA71848600HFWAMCBSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. MetroCity Bankshares is the large dot.

MetroCity Bankshares competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MCBS vs CATY vs PFBC vs HAFC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
MetroCity Bankshares MCBS$1.04B+10%+25%17%1.78×12.2%
Cathay General Bancorp CATY$4.24B+12%+3%12%1.39×11.8%
Preferred Bank PFBC$1.22B+8%0%17%1.54×10.3%
Hanmi Financial HAFC$964M+8%+3%11%1.19×9.4%

How MetroCity Bankshares compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

MetroCity Bankshares against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMCBSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.0%+3.1%10th highest of 21
6-month return+10.2%+7.6%7th highest of 20
Return on equity16.9%10.8%2nd highest of 21
Price / book1.78×1.17×most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E11.8×11.5×10th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies12.2%9.0%2nd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered16.9%10.2%2nd highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
MetroCity Bankshares MCBSUnited States$1.04B+10%+25%17%1.78×12.2%16.9%
Business First Bancshares BFSTUnited States$1.04B+16%+7%10%1.02×8.6%10.1%
Forbright FRBTUnited States$1.04Bn/a+11%11%1.01×6.4%n/a
Eagle Bancorp EGBNUnited States$1.03B+28%-11%5%0.89×9.0%4.7%
Mercantile Bank MBWMUnited States$1.05B+16%+5%14%1.41×11.5%13.6%
Bank of Jiujiang 6190.HKHong Kong$1.06B+55%-2%1%0.20×3.5%1.5%
CNB Financial CCNEUnited States$1.06B+15%+26%13%1.24×9.0%13.2%
Southside Bancshares SBSIUnited States$1.01B+2%+9%12%1.54×10.1%11.8%
Horizon Bancorp HBNCUnited States$1.07B+13%+424%16%1.52×12.0%15.7%
Equity Bancshares EQBKUnited States$1.00B+7%+53%12%1.23×10.4%12.1%
San ju San Financial 7322.TJapan$1.08B+1%+23%5%0.72×6.9%5.4%
Northeast Bank NBNUnited States$1.08B+1%+9%20%1.72×11.8%20.0%
Five Star Bancorp FSBCUnited States$1.08B+6%+18%15%1.75×10.4%14.8%
Univest Financial UVSPUnited States$1.10B+4%+2%10%1.16×9.1%10.0%
Central Pacific Financial CPFUnited States$974M+10%+4%15%1.68×13.2%14.9%
Hanmi Financial HAFCUnited States$964M+8%+3%11%1.19×9.4%11.4%
Aktia Bank AKTIA.HEFinland$963M+3%+1%2%1.32×7.6%1.8%
First Bank of Toyama 7184.TJapan$1.12B+10%+14%10%0.90×7.9%10.2%
TOMONY 8600.TJapan$1.13B+6%+12%6%0.60×4.5%5.9%
Heritage Financial HFWAUnited States$1.15B+3%+22%8%1.06×7.8%7.8%
Miyazaki Bank 8393.TJapan$1.16B+8%+8%7%0.77×6.2%7.0%

Questions

Who are MetroCity Bankshares's main competitors?
Named competitors: Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Business First Bancshares (BFST), Forbright (FRBT), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Mercantile Bank (MBWM), Bank of Jiujiang (6190.HK), CNB Financial (CCNE).
Is MetroCity Bankshares expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.78× against a peer median of 1.17×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.2%; MetroCity Bankshares delivers 16.9%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has MetroCity Bankshares stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.2% against +7.6% for the median peer; over one year +37.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.